Water Pump

[73ChargerSE]

Are there any places that sell new water pump housings with the outlet on the passenger side?  I really want an aluminum one, but I cannot find one for the life of me, not even Summit has them.   It seems that not many cars had the configuration I have.  Are there any disadvantages to having the inlet and outlet on the radiator on the same side?

[mikesbbody]

check the other water pump thread ron said to try 440source.com hope that helps.

[Nacho-RT74]

Since 73 all housings are with pasenger side outlet. Maybe is that the reason why you don't find... is not a "performance" year.

[Charger1973]

Im not sure of theres a difference in performance or not but when you order and aftermarket radiator cant you get the outlets on whichever side you want?  Thats what I plan to do so I havent been worried about which side its on.   

[RD]

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=MIL%2D16250&N=700+4294908110+4294840100+4294925074+115&autoview=sku

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=DCC%2D5249559&N=700+4294908110+4294840100+4294925074+115&autoview=sku

[73ChargerSE]

440 Source only has the ones for Driver side outlet.  I have a big block (400) in my Charger, looks like I'm going to have to go with a factory one.

[Nacho-RT74]

I don't think oulet is really performance related, just a different year setup. Since 73 manufacturers don't consider 73 as a performance year, then they probably don't take care about later models

[73ChargerSE]

I do have a '72 Chrysler radiator, where the outlet is on the driver side.  Would there be any problem to change to this one if I decide to do an aluminum water pump housing?  I'm concerned about all the power steering and things like that getting in the way.

[Nacho-RT74]

if you go with radiator and water pump change then you will need to change the steering pump brackets and seatbelt setup for the pre-72 ones. In fact will need also the fan iddler pulley.

on pre 72 setup ( with A/C ) the compressor/alternator belts runs the same. Steering pump use a belt just for it and water pum/fan use another different one just for that. For this reason waterpum/fan needs an iddler pulley